I found this article by Valerie Campbell-Harding on creating Blueprints on fabric . I am sure as a technique many quilt and fabric postcard artists will find it interesting. The article is hosted by Stitch Magazine which is produced the (UK)Embroiderers Guild In the same magazine is a sampler by …
This is for cross stitchers who have ever tried to work out how big a project will be. Enter the number of stitches and your fabric count and Stitches to Inches will calculate the size of the finished piece.
This month for the 6 x 4 lives postcard challenge I decided to pull out my sewing machine and so some machine embroidery instead of hand stitching. I don’t often do machine embroidery as I take my main pleasure is quietly sitting with needle, thread and fabric. It is just …
We don’t know quite what to call this. Is it a shawl or a cardigan? Under the arms are attached by a few stitches but its more like a throw on thing. Jerry jokingly described it as something that was thrown and not quite missed. I am feeling quite satisfied …
All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go : Novelty Cards of People in Silk and Embroidery by Liselotte Erlanger Glozer is a brief article on silk cards produced in the l9th century. Particularly of interest to those who are creating contemporary fabric postcards is a section half way down the …
Gina of Patra’s Place is trying to identify an piece of vintage lace that is an inherited UFO. It is a form of Tape lace but not the most commonly known which is Battenberg Lace . Another form is Princess lace but it’s not that either! I could not find …
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven has put a call to artists to produce a post card for the Postcard International, An Art Show All proceeds go to Save the Children. Create your own artwork on a postcard from scratch, or manipulate/alter an existing postcard. Only one side will …
